Piers Morgan accuses Lily Allen of ‘harassing’ him as she slates his stance on mental health

Morgan, 52, claimed that Denise Welch used his name to ‘stay relevant’ after she accused the Good Morning Britain presenter of not taking mental health seriously.

Tweeting a link to an interview the actress gave in which she slammed Morgan, he wrote: “I’ve noticed Ms Welch does this whenever she hasn’t been in the papers for a while. And it’s been a while...”

Allen jumped to Welch’s defence, accusing Morgan of double standards. She tweeted: “Lol, that you think you’re so press worthy. I can think of a billion other ways @RealDeniseWelch could drum up some interest if she was that way inclined. Her incredibly successful son being one of them [...].